Core i7 help needed for Folding@Home Console Clients.

[Golgatha]

Just got through upgrading my main rig. The Q9550 got replaced with a Core i7 920 setup. I am running 4x Folding@Home console clients setup with machine ID as 1/2/3/4 on each. This kept the Q9550 at 100% CPU load. Now with HT turned on, my Core i7 shows an even 50% load. Can I run 8 clients or should I stick with 4 and modify my setup somehow?

 

[Philippart]

you can run 8 clients on it. To get the max out of it run the SMP client (3-4 of them!)

SMP gives you a HUGE!!! increase in production and ppd you should really consider it

 

[PCTC2]

Yes. Switch to SMP and run 3 of them. I used to run 2 SMP clients on my Q6600. 3 SMP should max out your new shiny i7 with HT enabled.

 

[Gravity]

whoa, just welcomed three of those I7's to the fold to replace q6600...well, honestly, nothing ever gets replaced in the Gravity farm. I have some old dell laptops and old single core AMD units that are crunching single core units. I was only running one or two smp clients on them. Had yet to read about the capabilities of the I7. Thanks for the tip!

Keep folding,

Gravity